---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 124 Parole Amendments"
description: "S.B. 124 Parole Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "Utah SB 124 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Pardons and Parole", "Crimes", "Department of Corrections", "Homicide", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b295c40d-f788-4dab-b113-fd328f24c173"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0124.html"
source_hash: "5a7ddc3a17f8c8ae85ca00c0f996c7fd542399a43d654037ab9dbebe55825edc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah SB 124 (2021) — S.B. 124 Parole Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillint/SB0124S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0124S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0124.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Reconsider actions — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Burton, Jefferson S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-25** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-27** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Senate Comm - Reconsider actions
- **2021-01-29** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-01-29** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-31** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-01-31** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-08** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-08** to House
- **2021-02-08** received from Senate
- **2021-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-24** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-24** to Senate
- **2021-02-24** received from House
- **2021-02-24** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-24** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-24** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-02-24** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-02-25** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-02-25** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-25** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b295c40d-f788-4dab-b113-fd328f24c173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).